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The back story (End of summer 2009): I got rod knock on my SR. So my plan was to just throw in a cheap motor. My friend says "just tow it to my house, we can have it running again in like 2 weeks". So we proceed to do that (which you know I agree an engine swapp can be done in like 2 days or less even so 2 weeks is a good time span). Got it to his house and ripped out the SR. While waiting for my friend to get the motor, I cleaned and painted the engine bay. Finally got the motor a little while later, and he starts saying "you should take out the butterflies and remove the emissions stuff, it will rev a lot faster" and such like that. So I proceed to doing that which takes a while longer, also waiting on motor mounts from a company that failed hardcore to deliver.

All this time, working is usually at night, because I work and he works. His garage is litterally absolutely filthy, which some of you locals will know who I'm talking about just by that statement. There is a car in there that doesn't run, he has parts laying on the ground everywhere that are broken/doesn't need/good but he's lazy and doesn't take care of his shit/kitty litter everywhere/things thrown in there/tools/bolts you name it. I left my toolbox there because it was heavy to keep moving around. So time goes by, working on this stupid motor that he started recommending I do this and that while the motor is out. Time keeps going by, I keep complaining (i'll admit) and bitching to him because my car has been there for so long, he starts getting pissed at me for bitching and complaining so now there is tension between us. Throughout this time, I bought coilovers from a very good friend of mine. Put them on my car and the engine was in but not running. My friend keeps asking me litterally over 3 times a day "hey, let me borrow your coilovers", "your not down to let me ride on your coilovers", "your car's not even running let me borrow them". I said no to him at least 15 times to the point where I don't remember saying yes, but apparently I told him he could borrow them.

So he puts it on his car, 2 weeks later, I tell him to put them back on my car. He wouldn't do it, tension was still high I wanted to get my car out of there asap. Finally he said "fine", puts the coilovers on my car with every single bolt loose and pushes it into the street by the curb in front of his house. Puts my toolbox in my car and leaves it unlocked tells me "your car's ready, come get it". It's 100% not driveable. So that just ticked me off, I drove up to it, saw the loose bolts everywhere and went back home to figure out what to do.

Next day I come by to jump start it, maybe tow it away and what, look at this! The coilovers are gone, and the gauge that my friend let me have for my single cam. But my toolbox still there? My $500 stereo system still there? Everything else...still there? WTF? Then my friends thought I was junkyarding my car, when really I was going to tow it away to either another friend who needed it, or sell it for some cash so the entire car was stripped to peices.

After that whole ordeal, my "friend" started to try and be buddy buddy with me again.

Main story now:

I let everything go, wasen't looking into it much, just keeping an eye out here and there for FS stuff. Then recently, some friends came forward and started telling me information that they saw (we'll just call him bob for now) Bob with my coilovers at his house (the house my car was jacked in front of). So I got curious and started asking other friends if they had heard or knew of anything about this.

Slowly one by one people started telling me information that had all pointed toward Bob and many were different sources that didn't know each other. A couple even said Bob told them straight to their face he stole my coilovers and they are now on (we'll call him Fred) Fred's car.

So I confront Bob and Fred about this, tell them what I heard, gave them a chance to confess and let it all go. I'm not a violent guy, didn't want anything to happen. They both denied everything many times. Fred even got buddy buddy with me and took me home, said he's "not going anywhere" and he wants to be of help if he can. He's a pretty well known guy so you'd think he wouldn't lie. But then again, he told me in the past he is a really good liar.

So Fred admitted to be running KTS coilovers on his car (the same brand that were stolen) and asked if I wanted to see them and whatnot (it was 1:30AM so I declined). More and more people throughout time that I've talked to about this has some sort of information about the coilovers relating to Bob and Fred.

Recently, Fred was at the same place I was and I asked if I could see them then. He proceeded to show me, and sure enough they were the same exact brand, model, condition, and missing peices (peices that I have at home actually). Fred told me he bought them off craigslist, and when I proceeded to ask him for a phone number to the guy who he bought them off, he could not give me any other information other than "the guy told me they were cuscos, I bought them for 8 bills, picked them up in san fernando valley". It says KTS right on the coilovers...

So that is right now how it stands, and since then I've had another couple of people tell me Fred put them on his car knowing they were mine. There is a police report written, and I will have the police involved if Fred refuses to give them back.

Bob on the other hand, still owes me $100, and I let him borrow my NRG steering wheel, which I noticed was not on his car anymore when I saw it recently. I asked him where it was and he said he let a friend borrow it (most likely sold it because he is super fucking shady).

Anyways, Bob is super shady and I'd say a bit more dangerous, Fred is well known throughout the drift scene and I hope he confess's to knowing at least and cooperates. As of right now, I do not have them back in my possession but am trying to work with Fred to give them back because it is stolen property and he can be charged.

I just don't know what to do with this Bob guy...when I asked him where is my money several times, he responded with "Where is my $4800 for storage fees for 4 months?" regarding my car being at his house for that long due to my engine blowing and he said to tow it to his house because we can have it swapped in 2 weeks. He said it, not I. Oh and almost my entire toolbox is missing tools, scattered around his garage thats never been cleaned in a million years covered in grease, grime, useless parts, a car that doesn't run, and kitty litter everywhere. So I mean if he's pulling that card, he owes me another $200 in tools, and another $200 in SR parts that he never paid for that I was going to let go as a friend helping me out. But now it's come down to this.

Any input with you guys would be appreciated. I don't want anyone after me if I get people arressted or press charges. Nor do I want to confront someone again (such as Bob) and get in a fist fight. I'll be honest I'm not a great fighter at all, but I do have extreme connections with many fighters that some people wouldn't believe a normal, nice, white guy would have.

*The names were changed to protect identity's until further notice